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RarghWoolf

@rarghwoolf.bsky.social

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Rachel, she/her Te Whanganui a Tara, Aotearoa Science fiction, outdoors and nature enthusiast. I mostly post my own bird photos and videos from local reserves and sometimes elsewhere in New Zealand 📸

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 2d

Tūī enjoying some apple I left out #birds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · 3d

The first of the three titipounamu nests I'm watching to hatch. This Dad has been busy feeding his babies since Saturday.

RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Sep 13

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 16

Ceecee’s first nest for the season is underway!

It’s her fifth nest overall (she builds two per year)

#birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 9

They don't fly terribly far as it is but it serves them for hopping between trees!

RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 9

I googled them and they do seem a similar size. The foraging behaviour of the titipounamu also reminds me of the behavior of the tree creepers I saw visiting the PNW.

RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 9

This young female titipounamu is half of a pair that I frequently see in upper Highbury. They often flit across the road into people's gardens.

I hope they will eventually become a more common sight down the hill where I live.

#birds #nzbirds

A juvenile female titipounamu (also known as a rifleman) inspecting a branch for insects.

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 5

I don't know how well photos show just how tiny these titipounamu are. This girl weighs all of 7 grams and she has barely any tail. I've mistaken them for fat moths before.

But she loves her baths even when it's freezing!

#birds #nzbirds #birdbath

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 5

Also loved the little chapter about New Zealand's use of bioforms in Dogs of War 😆.

RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 5

The day after I finished reading Dogs of War by @aptshadow.bsky.social, the copy I ordered of Bear Head arrived all the way from the UK and, as an added bonus, it's signed!

A signed copy of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Bear Head

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jul 30

Of course I was trying to type “trail cam”. This bird did nothing wrong and should not be on trial.

RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jul 30

Caught this ruru on trial cam using the bath (in which it could barely fit)

#birds #nzbirds #owls

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jul 21

Little round boy
#birds #nzbirds

A male titipounamu (rifleman) perched on a mossy old fencepost

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jul 10

A little compilation of our most recent stream-bath visitors
#birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jul 7

This kererū’s tiny head was too hard to focus my camera on but I thought he’d still look great with a crown

#birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jul 7

I still lurk on it sometimes and it seems to load much more slowly for me now too. Sometimes it takes long enough that I think, "Wait what am I doing?" and then close it before I start doom-scrolling.

RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jul 6

Female hihi, lGB-B, is using the bath a lot right now. I call her “li’l Gabby” to remember her bands.

#birds

RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jun 30

Caught mid-scream
#birds

A piwakawaka, New Zealand fantail standing on a branch mid-song

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jun 18

I’ve been doing some touristy things in Rotorua

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jun 3

I am jealous though also kind of glad boiled sweets aren't easy to just find at the supermarket or I wouldn't have any teeth left

RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · Jun 3

There's one such asshole (you can guess who) who loves to use science fiction references and I'm pretty sure at least one of those authors would have hated his guts.

RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · May 28

Another whio duckling photo from last Christmas

#birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · May 16

Big moon last night. My phone couldn’t do it justice

RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · May 13

Who needs a baby owl right now?

#birds #nzbirds

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RarghWoolf @rarghwoolf.bsky.social · May 12

We were taught at primary school in NZ in the 1990's. I can still read them but I have to think about it if it's a big number